LORETTO, PA- A pair of Saint Francis football seniors have been named Pre-Season All-Americans by STATS FCS with return man Nick Rinella (Collegeville, Pa./La Salle College) earning second-team honors and linebacker Da'Jon Lee (Fairfax, Va./Robinson) being named to the third team.
 
The well-deserved accolades keep piling up for Rinella and Lee, who were named pre-season All-NEC last week at the conference's social media day.
 
Rinella was one of the best return men in all of FCS in 2018, ranking in the top-10 in combined kick return yards (8^th), punt return yards (8^th) and punt return touchdowns (2^nd). The senior was the best punt returner in the Northeast Conference in 2018, averaging over 12 yards per return.
 
Lee was a disruptive force in 2018, leading all of FCS with six forced fumbles. His impressive numbers did not stop there, ranking second in the Northeast Conference and eighth in the FCS with a team-leading 19.5 tackles for loss. Lee had five games with two or more tackles for loss including a season-high four against Richmond. Lee also racked up eight sacks in 2018, fifth-most in a season in Saint Francis history.
 
Saint Francis opens camp on Thursday, August 1^st in preparation of their season opener, August 31^st at Lehigh.